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To me, I've heard maybe 5 or 10 mandolins that I would grade as A++, and none of them were moderately priced factory instruments (although some are rather old factory instruments that were...

When I want to use hide glue with Teeter clamps I do 2 things:

1. warm the work to increase open time and working time
2. pull up on the clamp to hold the cleat in place while cranking the...

I hope I'm not re-inventing the wheel with this. I have been trying to glue cleats to the inside of a long side crack. I wanted to use HHG, but there was no way that that I could get the Teeter...

Using magnetic clamping has become fairly common, with all sorts of variation in methods and makeshift tooling. It works well for cracks that are well aligned.
To align and glue cracks that are not...

I have developed a 'laparoscopic' method for applying a cleat across a crack repair with a system that uses access to a nearby soundhole.

For the crack repair itself I created teflon caps for the...

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We lost a gentle soul. He was generous every time he visited the northland here by the unsalted sea. I remember over 30 years ago he performed at the Northshore Music Festival that was on the shore...

Congratulations! The headstock inlay looks great. Please post more photos when you get a chance.

Frank wrote one of bluegrass mandolin's tour de force tunes, New Camptown Races, in 1953(!). The number has been recorded by at least a dozen artists. That alone places him at the top of the heap.
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Ever since New Dimensions In Banjo & Bluegrass came out in the '60's, Weissberg (a Julliard grad, who was formerly in the Tarriers and an early version of the Greenbriar Boys) has been a major...

Can't believe that this has yet to be posted


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The screws on the neck joint were a hold over from the Flatiron days. At some point Charlie Derrington moved the production process to a dovetail after he took over managing the production. There are...

Screws to back up a glued joint are not at all common. Most traditional acoustic mandolins and guitars (not talking electric solid-body here) go either of 2 ways:

- On the lower end, a simple...

The bolts were there to hold the neck in place till the glue cured. I would contact Bruce (406-580-6053), but I am sure you don't need to replace them.

You might contact Bruce Weber, he would be very familiar with that type of neck joint.

Rory Gallagher died 20 years ago today.

There's been a lot of his mandolin on Irish radio in the last 24 hrs.

For those who don't know him :

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Normally, I recommend very slight relief in the neck (nothing like picture 2, but I realize it is exaggerated). Mandolins, with their short scale length and high string tension, don't need much...

Up here next to the unsalted sea called Lake Superior, we here in Duluth, MN have a weekly jam every Wednesday night at a place called Sir Benedict's Tavern. It's been going on since 1978. There is...

My approach:
I measure the string height at the 12th fret and start from there. First step, adjust the bridge so that the string height is about right, then adjust each string by filing the notches...

I finally get to keep one! Number 142
Red Spruce and Red Maple, oil varnish/ French polish, Waverly machines and a Calton case on order!

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I'm a happy camper....

Banjo players do it too -- e.g. Doug Dillard:

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With Judy Garland, no less...

I believe the "afterlength" on a Lyon & Healy mandolin is tuned by the design of the of those gorgeous tailpieces. Can somebody chime in with a definitive yes/no answer and if yes, what the interval...

I do not think it matters at all. As mentioned above, the geometry of the tail piece would affect pitch at that end and many tail piece styles do not have the unison strings ending up with the same...

Thanks so much to all of you for this thread, and your encouraging words regarding 'Pale Rider', and the other songs and projects mentioned. There are quite a few funny and interesting stories...

Well,the man himself on here !!. Emory's one of my favourite musicians - a multi talented instrumentalist who comes in second to none. 'Cruisin' The 8' is a terrific testament to his talent. The 2...